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Classified Advertisements.
THE LIBB1E SHOW PRINT-
Classif
m
ed Advertisements
-BILL POSTERS' DIRECTORY.
PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS.
6 to 12 BEACH STREET.
BOSTON, MASS.
AMERICAN FAIR BULLETIN.
WANTED. TO BUY :
. Bill Posting Plant, not less Ihan 25JJ00
lubiMugu- A*ore««.^ aIlmMtai Mont
Blending & French, tbe Bill Posters
Trenton. N. J. The Qreat Inter-
num) Fair loo. Uulld Mnlrbeld, Seo'y.
null liinintiuleraot l-uinum, L'ouu
Advertise In the Copper Country!
AW UcM.r>. bin |MW Houghton. Jlreb
AjJM
advenlM
Horral Bros-, Washington, Ind.
gill PuHtrrs and Dh.l-lhi.tMH
Western Bill Posting Co., Salt Lake
i;iiy, Utah. Hill rosier* and Bill Writers.
POSTERS # SHOW BILLS
FAIRS!
Write ior New Catalogue.
The Donaldson Litho. Co.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
Falranda *B.-aA»n. Dr. b. D. Bait. Bee*
Fair Bills and Posters.
The DON ALlJHON UTUO CO, Cincinnati
The Ciirrsn Bill Posting; and Distrt-
BlUboard ^Advertising, for Fairs.
Bngb Vanee, City Bill Poster and
Distributer Kelerencea Efnntunm. Ills.
Shedman Bros.' Ku no- Drome. A
1m.fiBBR1r.4r- mmmm
John A. Lakin, Clg^Blll Postep^ ^
Biiiboar
prove at
£«Jft,SSfR,S.
Evausville, lad., lias population ot
76.000 litiOVia,BMiit posting.
The Oshkosh BU^PosUnj^Co^CUj
Chatham Bm ^astin K^^A ^* n
in an ™f (jr., cnathaui. Out.
The Summit Clij J ^Jil J ua Po " eI,s •
T»c Komlcll Bow' Frltnd
A monthly Paper pohlishecl for tbe ben-
efit of ihe Homeless Boys of Cincinnati
50c. per year. Address
THE HOMELESS BOYS' FRL£ND,
184 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati.
Wrwr. yon writ*, mention Bl&oer* Ad.tniaioi.
Harry W. Curtin, City Bill Poster,
The Elgin Bill Posting-, Advertising
nsx gasbag,.
Billtjaara Advertising Is a Journal
loradyerU-e™. (iooo lli.os-pusb II aloof;
(1 P Fairphilfl CITY b,LL P0STtR -
U. T. lailbllllU, Dlsllilllto Jlid top.nl Itefar.
Covington, Mild ale. West Covington, Ludlow and Furronndlngs.
10 East Fifth Street, COVINGTON. KY.
ELE6TR0TYPING1
Spaelal Attention Given to
Fine WOOD-CUT abd BOOS WORK
winkelmanTFurbank,
IC la 70 ESSt RIDIb Slreet, UJCi HflflTI , 0.
POSTER AND BILL WRITERS.
I Write Bills aud Posters.
M^fi KUKl'-CAKKEU. Uajton. Kl-
Saro. M. Dawson; Gait House, Cin-
cinnati^ O. Prepares Descriptive Posit rs
(DON'T FOHGET THE NUMBER. )
Descriptfve ane- Pictorial Po&xzrs,
OF ALL KINDS.
MUBBAi
— lamiiwh,
Y 2LC0.
A Badly Written Bill is Worse than
noblllntall. Try in o. Terms reasonable
ap-86. O. P. McHE.xBY, Newport. K>-
C. H. Hesiog, MS^RacB, Cincinnati,
Pointers For Bill W^ 18 ™^, — lbem
The Largest Advertising Firm in the World. « . ■ , ■-
MAIN OFFICE. 4 . bnrse tl. FHcbeti.
28 Johnson St., Brooklyn J 5!M y !iL sEnr"
OPPQS1TS POST OFFICE. * Barney Link.
CIRCU8 i C
VASES,
tats, nasi, E».
ADVERT1S1HG AGENTS.
Sam S. Dawson,
Hr»=k'» "Per- House, Olnelnnati, O
G. B. Hartford.
Fountain UH.ro Theatre. Cincinnati. O.
American j
Bill Posting eo.
OF
Brooklyn and Long Island.
TELEPHONE 1573 BROOKLYN 1
CIRCULAR DISTRIBUTEES .
HOBf-^, ypjj** J^STSS^E opiate
D. C. Advertising Bureau,
Ht.aron. Mercer Cm. Pa-, urould llle to
All Kinds 'or Advertising Hat'er
■nr. - l . !. - ■ :irumpt. Beteren.ce
w'. P a. a SKTabreSrierf M* VIM, Cincinnati.
J. H. Lane & Co.. Evansville, Ind.
does DISLrifmllus- 317>4 t in,! street.
Distributers, Advertise !
In Bilijkiabd adv&ktisisg. We reach
all me iarr;e adrcrtlsenj strictly Iccltl-
f
Cedar Shingles
MONTAGUE 4 -MUGS, Falrbaren, Wash.
> Ointrnllins ALL BUI Boards and Adver-
* ttslng Spaces In Brooklyn, Wllllamsburgb.
Mta»^a ■„«,,. A»^B. .11.1 4- New York, Oreen point, Long Island
* Bedford A^enae. fJre.np.tnt. L. L * City, Jamaica and Adjacent Towns.
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A MONTHLT *.MAuA/.INk
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ADtEITIIERI ■■■iieis
MMH CH*S.H. HES1NS, H*,*"^.
•UMtmiPTIOM BO OMM a Yeer.
JBTHboard q dygrtrsirig.
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NEW YORK OFFICE
itsoeialad Bill Posters' At*toeiali»»
UNITED STATES AND CANADA,
Ed. A. SUhlbrodt. Representative.
LI5T OF MEMBERS
.- «F THE
Lloyd-. ...Waahlneton, B
tmlaCer, B. E ..^RIIRIk
FRormsi'lECK.
W,11ian, U. Donaldson, president and
uoder o( tbe widely knowo lithograph
S boose -bieh bears his name, -a.
in in Cinci]
<•■. O March nit.. .Sio,
■ad is ■ qneotl) now in bis filty-fiflb
year Tbe pbotograpb from wbicb our
t at was made, was lafceo only a few »«kt
since, and is a splendid likeness of tbe
original. Mr Donaldson is entirely a
self. made man. having lost his father
while he was yet a babe and bis motber
dying when he was eight yars of age
ed Into bis busy life as usually falls to
tbe lot of halfadoienmen;be baa made
and lost -tnil for t an e*. and b
the head of (be Donaldscn Litt
populars printing offices in
This greatconcern was founded by Mr
Donaldson in 1*63, and has ever since
derlully
agencies in New York, Chicago and San
Francisco, and branch offices in Austra-
lia and England, the latter of which was
established by Mr. Donaldson last. year,
he making a special trip to Great Britain
Cleorge Leonard the bill poster, of
Grand Rapids, MiclL. is doing al] tbe
advertising for the Powers Opera House
and is doing it so weli, that -there is no
like'ibood of a change. George attended
the billposters' convention, here a short
time ago, and was welcomed "by n great
many "troupe"- people.
Tbe mayor of Boston will
George H — .Ornud Bapios, Mieh.
Mr. E. T. H EVER IN,
A splendid likeness of whom appeared
in our January number, Is the senior
member of the Louisville Bill Posting
President of tbe A B A. Asso- iaiioo.
Being a practical man. be has piloted
the bosloess for Ibe past sixteen years
to success. Mr. Heverin is energetic and
alive to all business improvements, genial
in his manners, a quiet man in political
ten* that his advice and assistance ia al-
ways sought, be m
sule.
1896
in all [
'for a big anr
rin being pro
Mr, 0. P. FAIRCHILD,
Whose picture appears above, was born
in Cincinnati, Ohio. March 1. 1831, went
Covington, Ky, in 1S42. At the age of
sixteen he learned tbe cooper trade, at
which be worked until 1S6&, when his
health failed, and being advised by his
doctors to do out door work, be Commen-
ced cwrying the daily papers, and in
conjunction posted a few bills oil small
fences, averaging about two dollars per
week for long time. While pursuing
this occupation, he became acquaimed
with Mr. Jos. Havlin, father of the now
frmons thea'rical man
security for nmber to
wbicb.be built himself. From this si
beginning bas built up a substantial I
one of whom has worked for him n
teen years, which goes to show thai
does first-class work. He now hasi
7,500 running <eet of b'll boards, 11
U feet high, also a large nnmbe.
three sheets, and about 7,000 rune
the Commercial Club, i:
is a member of
, chairman of an
reception of the
G. A R. Encampment in L
September.
He bas taken a
Bill rosters' A
pride in being the organizer for tbe
Southern States, and has worked un-
tiringly to building up the State Asso-
ciations and assisting the A. B. P. A
WHY?
the attitndeof the press always
o the hill boards? They make
and promote industry. Any-
thing that does this, helps the newspapers
He is
the e[<
Mr. Fairehild is highly
both Cincinnati and Co*."
Aa others see us, through the medium
of British spectacles.
From America we have received what
,c "may- term "our other sell"
a title which sounds strange in our
ears, but it is realy tbe American Bill-
poster. The first number was issued on
November 1st and a very interesting,
bright, and sanguine journal it is Tbe
style of its comments are too piquant for
our more phlegmatic tcmpermcnt to
fnllv appreciate, but to those who ate
iin the know " thev ate doubtless all the
more imerestinir It is illiiaira'ed very
finely, is puMished at Cincinnati, Ohio
and the price per copy is 10 cents The
subscription for a year is 90 cents. Many
of the Americau billposters take -ur
publication, and it may be that >ome of
our friends would like to take in the
American organ of the trade. If so, thev
will know where to obtain it, or we should
be pleased to supply them with i- each
month if they make their wishes known
to us -The Bill foster, pubUshsd in
London, England.
A Poster Show, that is tc say, an exhv
ition of posters, probably tbe finest ever
^tn in ibis country. was held in Buffalo
last week, undei the auspices of the
- \rtists.
s ua some 1
[ ulars. and the catalogue with its B™—
-" "ley illustrations in green, purle, white,
which contains a description of 13S pos-
ters; this including tbe collection recent-
ly shown at the Grolier Club in New
York. These latter were obtained
through the courtesy of Geo. DeiForrest
and are mainly French in design and
DENVER NOTES.
Mr. Kirk, agent of the Carmeneita Cig-
ars, was in the city recently, and closed
a contract with the Curran Bill Posting
Co , for bill posting, they have just fin-
ished a contract for painting io,o»
square feet of wall ard fence s lg ns.
Brown Bros., tbe owners, are advett.stng
in the wes teri country very hea vy.
' General Dave Wheeler, one of the fin-
est of all agents and t
Mr Turk, agent ol the Old 1
Cigarettes, just arrived from New York,
be bas been spending th hohd.ys.
ALBANY CITY BILL POSTING CO.
J. BALLARO CARROLL, Manager.
43 BEAVER STREET.
ALBANY, N Y
BILL POS"t ING. DISTRIBUTING
HMO EXTERIOR HDVERTISIKG.
BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO.
No. II W. EIGHTH ST.. CINCINNATI, O.
James H. Hennecan. M anager
ADVERTISING RATES
'-arimg Ojir. W at Amirirti* Adirr'-
BILLBOARD ADVERTISING CO.
No. II West Eighth Street. Cincinnati. Ohio.
Many bill posters who are members of eiisl opon which to snstlia the charges
the Protective League of American Show- of discourtesy.
men attended ttie second eonoal Con- # v
vrntlon of thai body, and maniireted the *
keenest Interest in the pi
deliberations. It;' is to be 1
more of the members of the
identify themselves with the
nal meeting- The
interestsof the showmen and the bill
id the fin
first-claw style : is the twst Matt at an tn-
Tbere is an old saying that has i': "The
best wsy to secure the respect of others
is to respect ydnrself." and by thU some
token, the best way t > excite the interest
of others, it to get inte'esled yourself
intaining the firm name and
33 of the city bill poster
it every billboard that he
.owns Too much stress cannot be laid
upon the importance of this measure
The same idea can be supplemented hy
the use ot one-sheets, containing a catch-
. line wCh-firm name and office address
The following iew. sl iggi>stious. will illus-
trate the idea: ,
Dan. F. Cline, Manager of the Peoria
B-ll Posting-Co., recently attached Jn 45
worth of medicine in a wholesale drug
l.roueht in o:
nun of f 13 25. for bill posting, due Mr.
Cline from The Rocky Mountain Medi-
cine Co., of St Louis Mo . and which he
The best is the cheapest
the hill boards affor-l the ch
of all advertising mediums.
A. B. Means, city bill poster of Wash-
ington; Pa., regards Billboard Advir.
T15INC as a solicitor of more than ordiu
The Price advertising Co .ofToronto,
Ont.. have ordered twenty-five subscrip-
tions of Billboard advertising for
i* license, at Newark,
All you have
guessed about tlie
value of posters
may be wrong.
I'd like to talk it
over witkyo*. •
JDHNSM.JH,
- CIH MIL POSKB,
219 SMITH ST
Advertising Spsce t
.Tola Billboard.
JOHN SMITH,
City Bill Poster.
319 SMITH ST.
AdveitijiotJ
paijs!
And 'Posters (Pay
'Best of All,
It you care to argue the
mailer, call on or address
JOHN SMITH,
City Bill Foster. 19
« and exliorbitant licenses. Every
- town or city that possesses ao ordinance
of this character, is a town which show.
men naturally prefer to stay out of. and
this strikes deeply at the very root of the
business of the bill poster of that city.
The Associated Bill Posters' Associa-
tion which convened the day following,
was well attended, and many of the mem-
work accomplished. A detailed account
of the proceedings is given io another
column. It is to be deplored that a feel-
ing of soreness made its appearance
among the showmen, over the fact that
A.B-P.A-M
They se
open to the bill posters and invited them
to participate in their deliberations, that
the bill pollers were gnilty of a direct
and flagrant violation of courtesy in
pursuing the course they did. A little
thought would have enabled the agrieved
parties to have avoided the unpleasant-
ness. No hill posters attended Ehr Pro-
tective Leagne Convi
members of that o _
member* as fully entitled to attend •
n there- It would si
; how t lienors
oracle Mayor i
a remarkable conclusion. 1 The am.
in question is entirely insignil
woold no more prevent tegitmafe com-
petition that half or quarter the amount .
It would however prevent irresponsible
people who possess no more capital than
the amount involved in the purchase ofa
brush and backet, from annoying rot
only a legitimate firm, r-nt the public at
We have been honored with the ap-
pointment of Official Organ to the Associ-
ated Bill Posters' Association A resolu-
tion to that effect having been introduced
at the recent convention by Mr. Burl
Chapman and carried ananamously
In acknowledging the compliment con
veyed"by the appointment, we will only-
state that we shall always endeavor to
prove worthy of the confidence renosed ,
inns, and will lose no opportunity to
to advance the interests and aims of the
A. B. P. A.
I> this connection too, we desire to
sav that our columns are open to the
officers and members of all state organi-
= firm believers in the
efficiency of all trade association*, sod
always ready lo lend our aid to any
tending
.d Iwsides being good "'trade j
-e use inl to dress up the boa
;ep"iuem from becoming fra;
gged Then, ton, there is nothing tli
"icrs .believe in the value o
yourself believe irj them.
THE CurrstJ Bill Posting Co. have
ordered another lot of our three months
subscriptions. ...
t. there is
ipt as pos
e talf as profitable.
posters
P a y
prodigious
profits.
Proof-
Produced
, Promptly.
Call on er addrttl
JOHN SMITH,
City Bill PusUr, 219 Smith St
I know something about
their advertising value.
If you want to talk it over
;caU qn or addres's,. ,
JOhnSrpltri,
Gtty gill Poster.
If y .u are not a good solicitor, and
do not 'are 10 hire one. try Bii.i.boabij
ADVr.RTIStKC.. Twelve three months'
subscriptions for a dollar,
CONSTa.1T HEADER.— Ettbrr is cor-
1m Boston, hereafter, theatre posters
which d -splay the female form clad in
tights Will not be permitted to be posted
on Boston billboards until the committee
on licenses of the board of aldermen
have approved of the same. Thfa is the
result of the recent crnsade against the
theatrical posters, which has been goiiig
Billboard ^dvgrt?sfr]g .
The Associated Bill Pos-
ters' Association.
IN SPECIAL CONVENTION
First Dav— 1:30 o'clock Session.
President R. C. Campbell in the chi
Present, R. C. Campbell, Chicago;
Ballard Carroll, Secretary, Albany, *<.
■Ed. A. Stablbrodt, Chairman Execut
i Y -: 9
g, General Contracting Agent
ifiedourNew York represen-
Slablbrodt, the nature and
- work lo be posted, for what
"on, and thi
Carried sheets and slands of the saic
oal character foranyper- Mr. Sanford H. Robinson sends us the
without first
Mr. Burl Chapman moved that we adopt
that friend of the bill puster— Billboard
Advertising— as our official journal.
Andlhatthe thankso! this Association """^ 7J™ ^^^SJm^b ios " bis '"""V, and, if tie paper i
be tendered to Mr. Jas. H. Hennegan. a f t S™d. 'h«e is lots of other interesting
staling, General Contracts Agent M-ager for the elaborate treatment of l^^* 1 ??" °™e"ader.
Vork T. J. Murphy. I Lyuk '» ' SSUt °' *« to that effect from our New York repre- ^ &
.Brooklyn ; C. M.Wbitmier, Buffalo, H.Y.; "2"? " Umb "- ,8 » sentative. It . ^mendous help to pithv news-
W.J. McAllister, Tray. N. Y ; Geo. H 4- And farther be it paper argument to have the name of the
'Leonard, Grand Rapids, Mich ; W. H- Mr. T. J. Murphy moved thai the Sec- Resolved, that on and after February Jg^da erecting the eyes of the people
.Walker, Detroit, Mich.; F. R. Fitigerald' relaly be instructed to notify all mem- isr, 1895, each member or this Asrojia- from ^ waU ^ (n lraTe j
^Milwaukee. Wis ; Chas Heveriu. Louis- hers in arrears, that unless all indebted- tion shall p-> s onlj one commission or ^ ci[v . b(we it sa , n|e the „.'.«>
.Ml.. bT.. - IT II T.-rn.-r C r, r! , n . I", e M O nper frtr vMrlvHnH rn th,'* * i n t, nn it dicnnnt *ir. an,- V Q riAn,l u-iM-lr )v miv b - - ... .
ville, Ky.; H- H. Tyner, Springfield, O nesf for yearly due
Chaa. Bryan, Cleveland, O ; John Chap- liquidated on or before March 1st, 1895. receive and that the same shall be paid hjonoc^r"™ " '
man Co. Cincinnati, O ; Jos. Fnrstbrook they shall be stricken from the roll. to our New York representative, in the Last and best of all (if it is a propriet-
Toronto, Can ; and several members of Carried, sum often percent on all work received article) the very acme of help is
Slate Association. Mr. J. Ballard Carroll, Chairman of the of a National character. obtained if there is a bulletin board on
Minutes of the last Special Convention Committee on New York Office, reporte'l All of whichis respectfully submitted the side wall of the retail snore where
held at New York City, October loth and a* follow*; J. Ballard Carroll, Secy. fc „ M , d „ Ml , the -s^
17th, 1894, read for information.' Having carefully studied your wishes B Lvkk. b . bt al m timF and lace where ,
Th- brrpl« v r-,^ M,n nil fnr SwriRl relating to the manins of an office in n-F.o. M LEONhBD. . . - . _ 1 «. _
The Secretary read the call for Special relating to the opening of an office in Gno. M Leonard,
Convention now in session. the city of New York, and coinciding R. C Campbell.
PresidentCatnpbelland.Mr.Stiiblbrodt with your views," this committee would Upon motion, the Chairman
fully explained the benefit lo be
which interest, Mr. Stablbrodt
ities recently to Associated Bill Posters' Association o I proprietors and general agents of circus- ^ ["^ fl ^ d V iu R]
receive their endorsement. me united states ana Lunw, in special es ana requesting mem 10 use our mem- Everv new advertiser that enters the
A general discussion was indulged in Convention assembled, appreciating the bers in preference to opposition bill fic]d of , blicit u bis verJ , demand
by all-present, and lasted until adjourn- importance of equipping and maintaining posters. for it. increases the cost of space and also
men t at 5:30 o'clock Recess taken until an office and official headquarters of this The thanks ofthe Association through maies SDace valuable- for the more
8:00 P.M. Association, for thepurpose of encour- President Campbell, was encased to shouli .? CoalK an d buy
n,. Ji„„.c.„ n upon the agree- ing bill bdbtfl fflveTthiiifs, and to more Mr. Ed. A. Stahlbrodt for hi spa in slaking of „ e " lbe Iouder tue „\, e mos -
1 taken up and the fully enable us to systematically organ- ! -*
with the work of theEx- iie the business 01 0111 posung mr me
ecntive Committee, ratified. control of a better and healthier service
The nest order of business was the ad- to the patrons of bill board advertising,
visability o floating a permanent office Therefore be it
of this Association, in New York city. Resolved that the Chairman of the
The matter received » unanimous assent Executive Committee, Ed. A Stahlbrodt,
and upon motion, the President appoint- be, aud the same is, hereby instructed to
ed the following committee to draft res- procure suitable offices for the purposes
otntions setting forth Ihe most feasible above set forth, or for any other benefits
plan for accomplishing the same; via.: to this Association, in said city of New
York, at once The expenseof fitting up preciation of mine host, L. F. Hunt and
and maintaining the same to be borne by with reason for a more genial pleasant
and at the espense of the members of and all around good fel'ow does not ex
At 10:30 o'clock Ihe session adjourned Association. And be it further tst.
to Thursday, 9 A. M The committee at Resolved, that the President of the Contrasted with the treatment accord-
ance going into session. Association be, and the same is, he'eby ed them by the grasping management of
siosNivr. session, secohb cav. instructed to enter into a contract with the Continental Hotel of Philide'phia
mpbellin the chair. the aforesaid Ed. A Stahlbrodt to take on a similiar o :casion, ths memte s feel
Mr. Ed. A. Stablbrodt moved that the charge of the same. , that Mr Hunt is entitled lo special men in ™*"^ York pape" contain. "any in-
Secretarybe instructed to set aside a 2. Be it Resolved, That Ihe members tion and Billboard is glad to
formation in regard to the price
page of the minutes to the n<emory of of this Association be assessed pro rata f«t- . '. {oT admission, arid several have nothing
onr deceased brother. John McQuigg, according to population of their respec- tn indicate when the perform
Ironton, O. And that he tendes the tive cities to create a fund for the guar A FOSSILIZED ART CRITIC
aympathy of this Association to our de- ante* aud use in maintenance of the Speaking at ihe meeting of Porosis re
ceased member's widow aodr*m»il ; . aforesaid ■>*■ - in New Virk cily. not to ceo ilv 00 the sohjeet of pastels. Mr
Mr. Joseph Furstbrook asked that Ibe exceed tne loial sum of sereot. five ban- Cbap ey. the art critic, ohibi'ed a copy
membentbin of Mr. Joseph Priceb* troos died dollars l(>;.ion), for the term of one of the famous "Bel'e Chorolaliri'" of
ferred In Ihe Price Ad. mising l".,n. pan >, year from dale 1741. and remarked that the fact of its
Toronto, Ont Reiolt-e.1. that in case any members having been used time and again as an
Request granted. neglecting to pay Ibetr proportionate ail' ef 11 semen I took all Ihe pleasure ont
Mt. Geoige M. Leonard morcd ibal Ibe share toward the ubjecti above serionh, of it foc.bim. SuitK Mr. Cbatnpney
action taken at the AuuualConvrntionat lor any rcasoo. by Febiuaiy 1st. tEoj, should have remeiobeied thai a recent
Philadelphia July lasl. relating 10 bold then all moneys accumulated over and axbibitton held at Paris has shown Ibal Montana is gelling her share of Bill
ing our next annual convenlion at St. above Ihe amount necessar) todefra> Ibe n.anj n.e.. ol conspicuous geoi.a a,e at ' „^ ■ is ^ Xtnix<iry
ty-..i. t.. ^.-,~.i,U.,,l .t>1,. Bwilull bilMWI — ~ ...^.wl ,~ ,h~ "induction of r-OSIing at pmcui, ^ 5 _ .. , *
Louia, be rcivoeidcrcd. expenses of the same shall he divided pro piesrnl engaged
Co.ried. rat«.mongtl.oseh..ir. B becomerespoo. charming po«ers full of feeling and \Z ' - • •
Mr W.K Walker inviied the A»soci«- sible for Ibr umleriaking of the afo.rs.i.1 slr.n K il. The -how ran lie Salon itself <-'K a " ut ' _ « ^ __•
tlou to bold its next annual convemioo sum. close in in'eresl. and yet all the pictures
■t Detroit, Mich., nevt July 9th, lot b aud 3. And be it further were part of advertisements.— M. )'.
1 1 til, and ODon motion same wasaccepted Resclved. that trom and on and afier Evening Sun.
February ist, 1S95. members of thi*
for Adverti-ers 10 wrt in The Admiral
Mr. Philip Oliver of Findlay, was 01
ofthe members of the Ohio State Ass.
ciation present at the conventioc
-.. Association, and of State Association*, O. P Fairchild, the veteran bill post- '
le husband, to member- holding Charters from this, the As*oci- er, of Covington, was as bappv as a school Bill TWe.s can look for a big boom in
is Association. aled Bill Posters" Association, of the boy during the convention, meeting businessin tbespring, every thing poini.
United Slates and Canada, shall not post mauy of Ins old frieuds to a revival of trade ,
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PICTURES IN ADVERTISING.
John P. Lyons, in the Spatula.
It cannot be questioned— we are all
fond of picture*. This is one of the juv-
enile joys that cling* to a man till he ia
. Now Ihe wily advertiser
is always on the lookout for universal
huHM wealf neases.and ready to make the
most of them. Hence, illustrated adver-
tisements. But there are two kinds of
pictures, and while the one serves the
advertiser's purpose admirably, the other
t ia this : the illustration should
posses intrinsic interest, beauty, senti-
ment of humor, something that initself
appeals to the eye. And the second rule
which is even more important than the
first, in this : the picture should be ger-
mane to the article advertised ; it should
if dossil.le,
beautiful ; he arouses oo pleasing senti*
ment, there is no element of humor in
the picture, and if the test were taken
away, and one bad to supply ibe
, l„-f..r
•inly
- Billy Bennett is evidently doing
work for the Grand Opera House
Tfork, ns that place of nmusem'
doing a fine business. Billy is p
would guess a yea
on chewing gum
I remember another illustration. Some
manufacture™ of planters devo'ed the
greater part of their ad to the pict-
ure of four or five dogs This was an
they
ways appeals to every well ordered mind.
But the advertisement lacked the great
essential— there was absolutely no asso-
ciation, which anyone could fathom, be-
tween the dogs and the plasters. Any-
one glancing at the advertisement hur-
riedly— and that's the way the central
public takes in its advertising— wo nld
naturally suppose that this was a kenuel
rdogbreadad:tbatitbad anything todo
of the kind that is given to "jollying"
"Rocky" Moore gave "Eight Bells" a
great showing when they played the
Academy of Music, Jersey City. ''Rocky''
is all O. K, and has ■ move on him all the
time. He knows Jeney City backwards.
W. J. Woodie is Hughey Kernan's
right hand bower in the way of billing
the Lyceum Theatre, Washington, D. C
r the
ailments, could
.Toiflnserate
what sort of a picture is
sort is a misfit, is to select a Tew of each
kind Take, for instance, the picture
extensively of late -at leaat aronnd Bos-
ton hy the Metliu a Food people This
is simply a handsome lithograph of
direct it 10
advertised. To get the reader's atten-
tion and then veer it off in the wrong
attract it and then distract
it, is as bad as never getting it at all.
Yonr pietuae must not only catch the eye
it must catch it for you When you go
fishing you will find bail a highly useful
commod.ty- but only where there's a
hook iuside It
sided affair. Now it takes a combination
of two or three houses to get as good a
showing .us he docs, and, if all reports
are true, a good deal of dirty work is
being done. But, Tommie, stick to them.
Application, experience and brains are
bonud to win.
.ucu|i.miHi ojcirdtoard
Now there's only one word on the whole
advertisement; that is "MellinV bnt it
d«an't take a very acute mind to pnt ibe
word and the child together and get the
the whole story Even if one has never
heird of "Uellin'a Food,"he'l] know tha
whatever "Wellin'a" is, it is something
g.>od for children, and if he has any
children, he will begin toinquire about it
I recently noticed in the magazine*
tittle pictorial ad, fairly illustrative of
this subject. It is an oil stove ad of the
A. C. Barter Mfg Co , of Chicago. There
are two little tots, decollete to the soles
of their feet, standing in front of the
the stove, and that, of course, is i the
whole object of the advertisement, 'f be
picture not only attracts your attention,
ago, and also atated that he tor*, an
:llent record sa an advertising sgent.
Al Beaumont, of Ch : cag-, takes ex-
ceptions to the notice, and asks: "When
and where Gen Irish got his reputation
Mr. Beaninont, we would state that Geo.
Irish was an advertising agent of reputa-
tion when Beaumont was a waiter in a
restaurant in Chicago, and that while we
admit-that- we erred in the statement aa
to Irish being connected with the Schil-
ler Theatre at the present lime, he was
there during the time Mr. Temple was
the manager, and he waa also the adver-
tising agent of the Anditorinm when
Mr Beaumont had his "difficulty" with
Mr David Henderson The writer of
tbis article has known both parties for
Ihe oast fourteen years, and never before
yoiie question the abiliiy of
Geo. Irish If Mr Beaumont desins. we
will pnblish bis record and the reason ■
why he left the Chicago Opera House-
It is not the intention of the editors of
Billboard advurXiSIjio to score any-
one, bnt rather to say pleasant things of
ing is concerned, and he goes about bis
work, in a pleasant manner that wins
him many friends.
J. R Simmons, of the London Theatre,
New York, is cutting a wide swath amonii
the Bowery billers, and his house
to be pretty well represented at all times.
In hia
district, but he holds his ,
writ
that popular playbom
Geo. Focke has resigned as advertising
agent of the GrlrwOld Opera House,
Troy, N. Y. His old assistant has taken
charge, and George is looking aboot for
Barney Link was in town last wreksnd
hiswhiskerswerealhingofjoy. Barney
"BIFF" CLARK,
genial subject of this sketch, of
a faithful likeness appears above,
I such a varied career in his long
atricsl business, that we scarcely know
where to begin and when to end.
His first venture into the theatrical
business was with Tony Pastor's Bowery
house, after which he worked at the
Greenwich Avenue Theatre, New York
City, We neit find him at the Bowery
Garden, 113 Bowery, (now torn down)
where he worked for three years.- It was
then- known sstbe Novelty Theatre. He
then bobbed np at Jack Abie's Eighth
Avenue Theatre, then to Miner's Bowery
and in 1SS1 we find him- at Miner's
Eighth Avenue Theatre; from there to
theAJhan<bra.a;th street and 6th avenue.
In 1881, he once more goea to Miner's
alj|l>itt Avenue Theatre; from there to
Niblo's, in 1 us 3 : then to Peoples, where
he remained until 1893 He then took
Imro Foi on the road, and later, ''Mr.
Potter, of Texas" After coming back
from the road be took charge of Ihe
Star Theatre, Brooklyn, and when the
season closed, went to Terrace Garden
Music Hal] for summer season. Again
joined H. C. Miner's forces, taking charge
oftheadvertisingatboth house*, Miner's
Bowery and People*
"Biff" was never idle. Every summer
* him ■«
1 Ibe 11
He also did all the advertising for Sulli-
van, in every fight he had at the Madison
SquareGarden.andalsotorCorbett. H«
did the advertising for Huber for his
Prospect Ball, and many other affairs of
great magnitude.
Mr. Clark is blessed wUb a charming
wife and a happy family of four boys and
a girl, who are alt proud of their popular
papa Mrs. Clark was before marriage,
Daisy Norwood, a talented and pretty
— L - J '— ' e of ihe
so fat as to write a roasting letter con-
. Now, this grizzly bear may have
some local connection with this chewing
gum, Tor it cornea, I believe, from Cult
fornia, a State which, if I remember
light, accords the griczly some official
o the average mind the
There is nothing about the bear that is
Tom Henry, . of the Walnut Street
Theatre. Philadelphia, says his town is
lively now, and that it requires him 19
be ou the go all the lime to keep up
with the procession. It is whisperer!
that Tom is cultivating football hair, so
as to be ready for a tussle at all times.
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NOTES. HAPPENINGS. COMMENTS.
in these departments, and that each not compelled m compile. Some of the
society offer a special premium for the societies have adopted a rule instructing
best genital display by professionals. In committees to pass without award all
the boys and girls' department, I would articles which in their judgement are on-
recommend that a third premium be worthy. All who have tried this rule
offered, even if the total premiums be are ready to pronounce it a failure. The
not increased. I would reduce the first committees will not enforce it and it is
and second so as to make the third We hardly fair to expect it of them. In vie w
years ago, and we of this fact, I would re
o believe, that immediate
should be made, and the same care in
appropriating tbe premiums, to the bes!
and most profitable breeds, should be ex-
ercised. I would also recommend the found that it pleased the little folks very of the conditions of entry
abolishing of the sweepstake premiums, much, and that our entries in there de- where no entry fee is charged, be I
in all the departments. This premium, partments were more than doubled last all articles without compeliton beenli
at the best is unfair, and unjust, and al- year. The amount of premiums™ these to 50 per cent of first premium only,
ways creates a great deal of dissatisfsc- two departments is not of as much im-
tion. The premiums on all the agricul- portance as the nm
and thorough 1
One of the main points ti
tural products should be increased, and
I would urge societies that have not al-
ready made the rule, to require 1
~ ' i J" ,? ale „'r clcs shown in this class to be grow
into consideration, ts the distribution of ^ ^ „„ ,„
tbe premiums "in such a mBnner as to
draw the best display, fiat will iaiere;
the public, and althe same time prcdui
the best results to the exhibitor I
order to do this our premium lista mm
ed, be it
ei and encourages the exhibitors, and
they are the ones upon which will de
pend the display at future fairs.V I have
given you my opinion regarding classes
and departments upon which premiums
ken by
it is placed upon
For several years past 1 >
general decline in the intei
the people in agricultural f
deal of this, I believe, ts do
that the premiums offered
and agiicultural departmei
been large enough We ai
upqn them for a vt ry Urge part, in fret wllilt , ^ nol
: .rly all of the ^'J^'Tli^ lne """"P" 1 P«* •f~'«^M.Io-., « d that it is perfectly proper.and in fact an
I find that some of our premium lists oaT in lllal lliml i OB cannot es8erl ,jal feature, to have a display of
have not been umv My he overdo*.. farm machinery at an agricultural' fair. I
SJZZmlt .Tactui v."e of the I - well aware that a great many fair do insist upon a « 7-
?™ BlCh "^_ "'A' "Vh' wtenttUet manager will claim that they cannot will no doubt agree with me. that since
niSCELLANEOUS.
The Miami and Mad River Valley As-
sociation elected officers at Springfield,
Ohio, and fixed the following dates:
Mechantcsbnrg, August 6 and 9.
Greene, August 13 and 16.
Champaign, August 20 and 13.
Clnr
August 27 a
As an illustration, I will
ic horse department, and what
istrneoftbis department will apply to
nearly all of the v. "
1 be examination of ten premium lists
f last year's fairs showspremiums offered
0 the amount of nearly (400 for best dis
Now,
Madison, September 10 and 13
Unioa, September 17 and 20.
Miami. September 23 and 77.
Logan, October 1 and .1.
Richwood, October 8 and 1 r.
Omaha will have the
Alexandria, Teno.,
;e Fair for the
swelled An increase of $400 in the pre-
mium lists of any one ol our lairs after
deducting the 40 per cent, paid by the
state, would leave a net cost to the society
of ,240. and, if it is the practice of the
bor« is concerned. The horse market manager, will ctaim that they
of to-day clearly shows that fine dtiver= to increase premiums, that 'hey
. ',,,_„ are the most profitable now have all they can possibly do to - -
hoLstobreed Among .be leaner, of make both end. meet. etc. This point I greed among themselves not to exhibit
t™e a?.V:onld mention tbe Hackney, believe .0 be poorly taken, „ i, is a wej, at anv of our fair* our display. i„ this
the French and tbe German Csach, and known fact that whenever a liberal in- H n e have been a farce. The few plows,
the Cleveland Bays. Notwithstanding crease, in the deser.iug classes, haa been drags, etc , which are usually exhibited
these facts, many of the fairs either ett- made, it ias at the same time [Dnwt b y the local dealers, are not worth a dol-
tirely ignore these classes, or offer pre-
miums so insignificant that tbe owners
ortbeseauinialsdo not thiult it worth
while to compete for them. And again I
find, that it Is tbe practice ofsomeof tbe\
fairs to make little or no distinction in
the amount of premiums offered, between
the pure bred animal and the common
grades. This I also believe to be an er-
ror. It might be necessary to do this
years ago, to insure a display, but 1
pure bred animals
Association "
have elected officers, and will hold their
Fair, September 19, 20 and 11.
The Taawell County Agiicultural Soc-
iety has decided to hold their Pair at
Detavan, 111 , September 10 to 11
Fort Worth, Tex will hold an exposi-
tion next year, in commemeration of Its
fiftieth anniversary.
The Cr
cneville, I
Next Fair will
-ashtenavr Count
instance where we might economi
Tbe manufacturers of these goods c
afford and will exhibit them without t
lit fact I have sirneiiniea thought, that
in certain localities, the premiums on
common grades should be entirely sbol-
isbed, as 1 am unable to see the benefit
to be derived by eoccu raging the raising
of the same. The cattle department also
deutves our particular attentiou. Wis
cousin stands to-day in the front rank of
dairy producing slates, and it is the July
of agricultural societies to pay particular
attention to this department. The cow
the stock department, particularly, I
would recommend the collection of a ten
per cent, entry fee, for it bas a tendency
to keep out a class of slock that does not
aid the exhibition. In all the other de-
partments, the premiums usually offered
with but a few exceptions, I believe to be
fully adequate.
In the
chants with their various displays, also
' and decided to hold the next Pair, Sep- .
tember 14 to 27.
The New Hampshire State Grange Fair
Association held is annual meeting at
Concord, elected the old board except
_ in menu, I wish to make one
suggestiou. It appears 10 bethecuslom
of most ol the societies to pay a premium
of from one dollar to two dollars for fitst
premium and about fifty cents to one
that produces tbe most and the richest dollar for the second premium. This
milk is the most valuable, and too much affords a splenued opportunity to profes-
cannotbedonc in the interest of this sionals who make i,t a business to follow
claaa of animals. the fairs and exhibit their goods. Of
An increase of fifty per cent in pre- late years this has been done to a consid-
miunis offered to milk producing cattle, erable extent, and while it ia true that
by the fairs of the stale of Wisconsin, they make a splendid display, itia hard-
will result in lasting benefit lotbeentire ly fair to the local ladies It has a ten-
community. In the swine and sheep de- dency to discourage them, and thereby
Ute real object of the society ia thwarted.
The society that erects and maintains The next Fair will be held at Tilton,
a building for their use, and furnishes September 1. ton.
from 1.000 to to,oco people daily during Mendota. Ill, Fair Association will
the fair to examine and inspect these have > summer race meeting, July g, to.
goods, does more for them than the small ti and ta.
premium we can afford to ; offer ! They Montgomery County, K.A. Agricultural
themselves, I believe are willing that we „ ilt hoM mj s Je „' s [aiT> Septem-
ahould use this money elsewhere, espec- herj 4 5 and 6.
tally .0 if we can demonstrate ,0 them SmMMm m ^ to , eud in
tli ... inn it;c it to 111- reibc the attend- , lt
„"e 1 .„ .1.0 of H. opWo. tt.l tbe ft**" **
various societies of the slate pay ont
annually, quite a large sum of money to The Denver branch of the Education.
- - Association are making great prepara-
lolding the convention of the
ales there in July.
that in fifteen classes of our premium tions for holding
list last year, consisting of 513 different United 1 States the
lots, there were 1 1 J lone entries, without A movement is
ipetitiou whatever, which of toward the buldtn
course, received first pretninm It
to presume that the same ratio will ap-
ply to other fair. Ifso.tl.is demonstrates
fair hall in Denver, as they expect to have at
Publishers* Corner.
offer 10 bill posters has been so pro-
nonneed, that we have decided to reduce
tile rale. Hereafter M -will sell twelve
Uiree months' subscriptions for one dol-
lar. Those bdl posters who have not
as yet tried the efficiency of their journal
as a solicitor should avail themselves o;
this great offer wit boot turlier delay. It
stimulates interest in the billboard^
new adherents to this form of adterlis-
December, 1894,
January, 1895.
February, 189s,
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Secondly, it is read carefully, and then
as carefully filed away for futnre refer-
ence. Thirdly, thewidely' varying chor-
al' 71 of its subscribers places it upon a
par with any publication catering* only
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